Description:
Sustainable Solutions to the Displaced Person Situation
On the Thai-Myanmar Border.....Executive Summary:
"This study presents an overview of livelihood opportunities of displaced persons in temporary
shelters and of the surrounding communities. It explores labour market conditions and provides
recommendations aimed at improving the livelihoods opportunities of the displaced persons
notably. Three temporary shelters were selected for study; Ban Tham Hin (Ratchaburi
province), Ban Mai Nai Soi (Mae Hong Son province) and Ban Mae La (Tak province). In each
shelter, a variety of research methods was used to analyse livelihoods and labour market
opportunities of displaced persons. Data was collected by surveys, focus group discussion, indepth
interviews and literature review. Respondents included displaced persons, staff members
of NGOs working in shelters areas, local authorities and local entrepreneurs. According to the
agreement of working group, the study assessed the pilot projects which are implemented by
Non Government Organizations instead of creating new pilot project..."
Source/publisher:
Asian Research Center for Migration Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Date of Publication:
2011-07-00
Date of entry:
2012-08-18
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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Format:
pdf
Size:
1.44 MB